I had an 85 500 interceptor, my good friend had a 750. I loved my red white and blue paint- it would turn heads everywhere. The 500 had a 6 speed, the 750 a 5 speed. I am pretty skinny so i could keep up with the 750 off the line till about 60 mph. It was dead reliable, fairly quick, comfortable, my 500 handled pretty good, and was easy to work on. Bad points- heavy, long (more of a sport tourer), bad brakes, and the 750 felt real top heavy. Other big problem was it was hard to find aftermarket parts to fit (jet kits, exhaust, sprokets, tires). Another friend at the time had a new CBR 600. One ride on that was like a different world. At that point we actually tried to "cafe" the 750- cut off the subframe and put on low clipons, ended up giving it to a bartender friend for a couple of rounds. If i had a choice between the interceptor and a next generation sportbike- i would go for a ninja, cbr, or gsxr. FWIW Tony